Carrollton tops Routt

Routt’s Dylan Marshall goes up for a shot as Carrollton’s Jeremy Watson defends during a basketball game at the Routt Dome in Jacksonville Thursday.

Routt’s Dylan Marshall goes up for a shot as Carrollton’s Jeremy Watson defends during a basketball game at the Routt Dome in Jacksonville Thursday.

Photo: Rob Evans | Journal-Courier

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Routt’s Dylan Marshall goes up for a shot as Carrollton’s Jeremy Watson defends during a basketball game at the Routt Dome in Jacksonville Thursday.

Routt’s Dylan Marshall goes up for a shot as Carrollton’s Jeremy Watson defends during a basketball game at the Routt Dome in Jacksonville Thursday.

Photo: Rob Evans | Journal-Courier

Carrollton tops Routt

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The Carrollton boys’ basketball team used stifling defense and keen shooting to take an early lead, and the Hawks never looked back in a 41-23 win over Routt Thursday at the Routt Dome in Jacksonville.

Carrollton coach Jeff Krumwiede said he was proud of his team’s effort, particularly on defense.

“That’s what we’ve always hung our hat on, and tried to take a lot of pride in,” he said. “I thought we did a nice job defensively, and so did they. We didn’t have too many open looks either.”

Both teams struggled to get their offenses going. Carrollton’s Jeremy Watson knocked down a 3-pointer early, but that was the only field goal until Luke Gillingham made another to spark a 12-1 run to close out the period. Cole Brannan made a three at the buzzer and Carrollton led 15-2 at the end of the first quarter.

The Hawks (10-2) extended their lead to 27-8 at the end of the second quarter, thanks in large part to 8-for-8 free throw shooting.

Routt cut its deficit down to 13 after buckets by Hunter Chumley and Tommy Schierl in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t complete the comeback.

Routt coach Will Whalen said Carrollton’s defensive pressure gave the Rockets a lot of trouble.

“Carrollton — you’ve got to give the credit to them,” he said. “They played good defense. They got right up on us, chest-to-chest, and played good, hard defense. I think our kids were more worried about the man who’s up on them, rather than men that might be open somewhere else on the court.”